"elbow grease" meaning in All languages combined

See elbow grease on Wiktionary

Noun [英语]

Audio: en-au-elbow grease.ogg
  1. 重活,费力的活 Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: zh-elbow_grease-en-noun-01~RdpO5 Categories (other): 有引文的英語詞, 英語俗語, 英語引文翻譯請求, 需要清理的引用模板
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: elbow-grease Synonyms (重活,费力的活): elbow juice

Alternative forms

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